Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 596-602.DOI: 10.15541/jim20210437
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ZHAO Yuyao1(), OUYANG Jun1,2(
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Received:
2021-07-13
Revised:
2021-08-25
Published:
2022-06-20
Online:
2021-08-20
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OUYANG Jun, male, professor. E-mail: ouyangjun@qlu.edu.cnAbout author:
ZHAO Yuyao (1994–), male, PhD candidate. E-mail: zhaoyuyao920606@163.com
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ZHAO Yuyao, OUYANG Jun. Columnar Nanograined BaTiO3 Ferroelectric Thin Films Integrated on Si with a Sizable Dielectric Tunability[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(6): 596-602.
Fig. 1 Phase structure analyses of BaTiO3 films (a) XRD patterns of BaTiO3 films deposited at different temperatures; (b) Magnified area near BaTiO3(002)/LaNiO3(200) peaks from (a) with inset showing XRD patterns over 20°-50° at a low scanning rate (1 (°)/min)
Fig. 2 Nanostructures of BaTiO3 films deposited at (a-c) 450 ℃ and (d-f) 500 ℃ (a-c) 450 ℃-deposited BaTiO3 film: (a) Low magnification cross-sectional TEM image; (b) Low-resolution TEM image of the interface between LaNiO3 and BaTiO3; (c) High-resolution TEM image of the interface between LaNiO3 and BaTiO3 with the yellow dashed line showing the interface of LaNiO3/BaTiO3, while the white dashed lines showing a conformally grown BaTiO3 nanograin from its interface with LaNiO3 (d-f) 500 ℃-deposited BaTiO3 film: (d) Low magnification cross-sectional TEM image; (e) Low-resolution TEM image of the interface between LaNiO3 and BaTiO3; (f) High-resolution TEM image of the interface between LaNiO3 and BaTiO3 with the yellow dashed line showing the interface of LaNiO3/BaTiO3
Fig. 3 Electrical performance of BaTiO3 films (a) Standard P-E hysteresis loops; (b) The maximum polarization (Pm) and self-polarization (PS), as well as Pm-Ps of the BaTiO3 films as functions of the applied electric field; (c) Small-field (Vp-p=1 V) dielectric constant and loss tangent as functions of the measuring frequency (εr-f and tanδ-f); (d) Leakage current density vs the applied DC electric field
Fig. 4 Dielectric tunability performance of the BaTiO3 films Dielectric constant (εr) as a function of E from (a) P-E and (b) C-V test results with loss tangent as a function of E; (c) Dielectric tunability and figure of merit as functions of E with data points were taken from (b); (d) Comparison with other leading ferroelectric films in dielectric tunability and deposition temperature
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